Owners John and Linda Moran are now building a new $3.5 million center in Malta, planning to take in the overflow from their current Parade Ground Village site and create a unique place for children to learn and explore.

This fifth center, which will hold 212 children, is going up on the former site of Dean's Antiques, three acres at 2737 Route 9 in Malta.

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At 16,000 square feet, the building will be more than double the size of the first Malta center and will offer many new spaces for teachers and students.

Among these are a library, an indoor gym, a resource room, a covered pavilion and even a mother's nursing room.

Construction has begun, and the Morans anticipate completion in April 2013. A wait list for the new center has been started.